The US Sanctions a Chinese Cybersecurity Company, Alleging It Supports the "Flax Typhoon" Hacker Group The US Treasury Department

  announced on January 3 that it has imposed sanctions on Integrity Technology Group, a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, accusing it of having links to the "Flax Typhoon" hacker group supported by the Chinese government. These sanctions will freeze the company's assets in the United States and prohibit US citizens from conducting transactions with it.

Is Jiyue Automobile Making a Comeback? Xia Yiping Forms a "2.0 Team" with 500 Employees Eager to Return

According to online rumors, Xia Yiping, the CEO of Jiyue, has started to form a "2.0 team". All departments except the legal department have attended the meeting. Currently, about 500 former employees have expressed their willingness to be rehired, but the initial positions may mainly be allocated to the after-sales department. At the meeting, Xia Yiping said, "Happy New Year. With your strong support, I won't give up." However, the remaining employees need to sign contracts with a new company, and their salaries may be reduced. At the same time, Jiyue is preparing new funds and discussing issues such as how to avoid having funds frozen. Nevertheless, some employees said they have not received relevant notifications yet. The company has only announced the retention of a minimum maintenance team (about dozens of people).

A Genius Scientist from AI Giant DeepMind Passes Away at the Young Age of 41, and His 10,000-word Final Writing Reveals Industry Pressures

On December 5, 2024, Felix Hill, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, unfortunately passed away at the age of 41, shocking the entire AI academic community. Hill was one of the creators of the classic benchmarks GLUE and SuperGLUE in the field of natural language processing (NLP). The total number of citations of his academic papers reached 19,680.

A few months before his death, Hill published a blog post titled "The Responsibility of 200 Billion Weights", in which he deeply explored the immense pressure in the modern AI industry.

He revealed that he had been struggling with severe mental illness since the beginning of 2023, experiencing extreme anxiety and deep depression. Hill's passing has drawn widespread attention to the mental health of AI researchers. Many of his peers said the news was heartbreaking. His funeral will be held on January 11, 2025, in northern London and will be live-streamed.